Ling Che’s lazy reply, complemented with a nasal tone, made Xu Tangzhou’s hair stand on end.
At this point of time, his brain simply could not function as all the blood in his body seemed to have rushed to his face, resulting in it blooming red like a lovely rose, and his breathing became completely chaotic.
Ling Che’s arms were firm and strong. Xu Tangzhou instinctively wanted to hide but there was nowhere for him to do so.
The other party was just single-mindedly helping him heal the bite marks on his gland.
The wound needs to be taken care of.
He kept telling himself.
But this friendly assistant caused him to tremble pitifully and he could only somewhat stay upright by leaning on Ling Che.
This was way too unfair.
As an Omega, Xu Tangzhou finally understood the innate restraint that Alphas held towards them for the first time.
The bite mark was deep.
Ling Che knew that in a few days, it would completely heal back to its original state in a flash, and the gland would once again be filled with the glandular liquid of the Omega until he took another bite, injecting it with new pheromones.
And now, he was already looking forward to it.
This was not considered to be a brutal occurrence, because the body of a temporarily marked Omega will automatically repeat this cycle.
Unless they are completely marked, that is. Then the bite mark will remain permanently and become proof that they already have an Alpha as their partner for life.
Ling Che was of course willing to have Xu Tangzhou carry his permanent mark, but the time had yet to come.
”There we go.” Ling Che slowly moved away from his nape at last and spoke in a hoarse voice, “The bite mark will most likely itch. Don’t scratch it with your hands. I will come check on it tonight.”
Xu Tangzhou’s heart was still pounding at this moment as it beat intensely against his eardrum: “……”
Ling Che repeated himself: “Got it?”
With the back of his neck drenched in a layer of cold sweat, Xu Tangzhou absentmindedly nodded: “…Got it.”
Only then did Ling Che let go of him.
This Alpha, who had just finished his first mark treatment and still had no expression on his face, looking just as cold and arrogant as before, personally tore open a glandular patch before applying it onto his Omega.
The glandular patch had a pink bunny pattern which honestly did not match Xu Tangzhou’s personality.
There was only a single cutesy sample inside this box, and Ling Che happened to have picked that one out but did not mention it on purpose.
Xu Tangzhou’s mind was still in turmoil and constantly felt that something was off.
This premonition grew stronger along with the uncharacteristic behavior of the other party.
Ling Che: “I’ll be more gentle next time.”
Xu Tangzhou widened his eyes slightly and was a little eager: “Really?! That’s awesome, you should indeed go softer on me next time!”
Why, why was this so strange! Wasn’t Ling Che being a little too active in taking the initiative? Could it be that after a temporary mark was done, Alphas will awaken the instinct of wanting to look after Omegas that exclusively bore their mark?
Xu Tangzhou felt that the Ling Che at the moment could be nominated for “Most Confusing Behavior Award of the Day”.
Seeing his reaction, Ling Che seemed to look down on him for being too vulnerable and spoke unnaturally: “Let’s go, they are waiting for us.”
Ling Che didn’t wait for him after saying that and walked out like so with both hands in his pockets.
Strolling all the way from the cool and dim cabin to the sunny courtyard, they noticed that everyone had arrived as expected.
The guests stood in their assigned positions and Ling Che settled down among them before initiating the daily task of exchanging mockeries with Lu Cheng’an once every few sentences.
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The courtyard was in an uproar and Ruby was currently running in circles around everyone.
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No one knew what such a dazzling Ling Che had done to him just now.
“Welcome to《Our Perfect Vacation》Day 3!” Xiao-Bai made the opening statements, “Wow, a few days have passed and everyone is still looking as radiant as before! It seems like everyone’s journey has been utterly uneventful so far!”
The crowd: “……”
Xiao-Bai: “Happy times never last long, so I wanted to remind everyone that we are almost halfway through the week today. The group with the most base funds left at the moment is our XingYue CP! They rely on hard work, intelligence and resourcefulness, and managed to persist until now despite starting at a disadvantage! It is also worth mentioning that after today, the free lodging and food for our CheZhou CP will officially come to an end, and they will join the ranks of the cheapskate army! Fighting alongside everyone else!”
This time, claps sounded.
The Xia Sisters and LuMi CP definitely welcomed the addition of these two into their cheapskate crew.
“Bird’s Nest Restaurant is the hot spot for social media influencers that we are going to visit today.” Xiao-Bai announced the location, “Apart from CheZhou CP who had won the opportunity to receive a free meal from yesterday’s match, the other two groups of guests will need to feast at their own expense. That being said, everyone can rest assured because we’ve prepared plenty of opportunities to turn the table. As long as all of you strive hard, there will be many chances to skip the bills!”
Opportunity to turn the tables.
More like newly dug pits waiting for everyone to jump in.
Xu Tangzhou was nervous from Xiao-Bai’s announcement.
They were now left with just over 2000, how on earth were they going to get through the next four days?
After the statement was made, all the guests scattered and each of them looked up the route.
The Bird’s Nest Restaurant was not far from the beach where they were at, but it was remote, with jungle and cliffs; a paradise that can only be reached by meandering up the mountain road, not even a bus can reach the location let alone riding a bike.
The guests were faced with two options: The first option was to spend 400 yuan to take an aerial lift and directly arrive at the top of the mountain, the second was to walk up the mountain road and then spend 80 yuan to take the zip line to the top of the mountain.
Mi Fei was having a discussion with Lu Cheng’an about how they should make their way to the restaurant.
They intended to take an aerial lift. A single aerial lift could fit four people. In addition to the driver, there was also enough seats for four passengers. If they dragged along another group of guests to share, the fare would be much more cost-effective, and even cheaper than the two-person zipline.
The candidates for this group of guests were naturally Ling Che and Xu Tangzhou without a doubt.
However, Xia Xing called out to them one step ahead: “Mi Fei! How about hitching a ride with us?”
Ever since Mi Fei mercilessly got refuted after trying to extend an olive branch to make peace during Xia Xing and Xia Yue’s quarrel, they basically had little interactions on the show.
Mi Fei was a little surprised.
Lu Cheng’an reacted faster and smiled with elegance: “Sure, that’s feasible.”
Looking at the CheZhou CP beside him, Lu Cheng’an slowly took off his sun hat and signaled: “My apologies God-Che, I won’t be able to split the expenses with you guys today.”
Ling Che simply didn’t give a damn: “It just so happens that I dislike squeezing into a car with others anyway.”
Lu Cheng’an took him as a sitting duck with a stubborn mouth and finally felt the pleasure of Ling Che tasting defeat for the first time.
After the two groups departed vigorously, the two of them remained in place and looked a little lonely through the camera lenses.
“Zai-zai.” Ling Che stood still and asked without a pause, “How much money do we have left?
Xu Tangzhou happened to be pondering about this issue as well.
It was Ling Che’s call that brought him back to his senses, his heartbeat was rattled by that address, and he only remembered that he was still filming a show after spotting the cameras around him.
“2860 yuan remaining.” Xu Tangzhou had just tallied up the money last night and remembered the amount with clarity, “How about we walk up the mountain and then take a zipline?”
“Sure.” Ling Che had the same intention.
Xu Tangzhou asked Mo-mo: “Sister Mo-mo, do we get to eat at the Bird’s Nest Restaurant for free today?”
Mo-mo told him: “Yes! Some signature dishes are required to be paid for, but since you guys won yesterday, everything will be free for today.”
Xu Tangzhou: “What about other dishes?”
Mo-mo said: “They are also free.”
Xu Tangzhou appeared to be a bit delighted after confirming this.
“I have an idea.” He told Ling Che, “Given that everything is free, on the basis of not wasting anything, if we have food that we can’t finish we should be able to pack it up, right?”
Ling Che understood his intentions and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Xu Tangzhou was going to bring his imagination into play.
Instead of going out, they returned to the little cabin.
Ruby excitedly circled around them, Xu Tangzhou ruffled it, but did not keep it company. He discovered fresh boxes left by the owner inside the drawers of the cabin, from small to large, about four or five, before also finding a bag to put them all in.
“Packing up our leftovers isn’t considered a violation of the rules.” Xu Tangzhou said in the process of preparation, “I heard that the food wasted in restaurants around the world can feed an extra hundreds of millions of people each year.”
Ling Che sat on the high stool: “I don’t eat leftovers.”
Xu Tangzhou had long known that he was a picky eater: “But I can. It’d be pretty awesome if we can even save the meal expenses for tomorrow and pay for you only.”
He spoke so naturally because he had no intention of letting Ling Che eat take out food with him at all.
In fact, Xu Tangzhou’s father was a retired officer, and his family education had been very strict since he was a child. Letting food spoil was not allowed and his family would eat until it’s all gone.
Ling Che, who was a picky eater, didn’t say anything
When Ruby circled around Xu Tangzhou again, Ling Che carried the doggy away with a single hand just as it was about to pounce on him.
Mo-mo has long noticed that Xu Tangzhou’s glandular patch was replaced, and she couldn’t help but cover her mouth with excitement after seeing this action from Ling Che.
She understood that not even a dog could try to touch it, right?
Shipping material!
*
The mountain road was not easy to walk on foot, but at least it was not directly exposed to the sun.
On the way, Lu Cheng’an, who had long arrived here, kept sending messages in the communication software downloaded by the program, all photos of him leisurely tasting coffee and red wine in the restaurant. Lu Cheng’an and Mi Fei were being lovey-dovey, while Xia Xing and Xia Yue were busy setting up a pose.
There’s not much difference between ordinary people and celebrities in private.
Lu Chengan sent an audio message: “How come you guys are still not here? It’s so lonely.”
Lu Cheng’an’s voice sounded very deep in the communication software, with the charisma of a mature male.
As soon as Xu Tangzhou clicked on the audio message, his mobile phone was taken away by Ling Che.
Ling Che said coldly: “Senior Lu, quit being coquettish.”
Xu Tangzhou: “!!!”
How could you speak so frankly?
The other party is our senior after all.
The two crossed a mossy cliff, and Lu Cheng’an’s audio reply came. Not only was he not angry at all, he even said: “Our Xiao-Mi is fond of it. Is this jealousy from God-Che?”
Xiao-Mi’s voice also transmitted over: “Sorry ah, I didn’t manage to keep him under control.”
Lu Cheng’an sent another photo of them snuggling close to each other, reclining on a cradle chair at the Bird’s Nest Restaurant.
Mi Fei added a subtitle on the photo pointing to Lu Cheng’an: Our family has a vicious hound.
Xia Yue popped up in the group chat all of the sudden: “Zhou Zhou, I am begging you guys to come quick, I really can’t stand it anymore, they are scattering dog food here without a rest!”
This time, Xu Tangzhou was the one holding his phone.
It seemed they were really bored of waiting for such a long time.
Xu Tangzhou took a photo of their progression, and replied: “We are almost there, the zipline is up ahead, you guys can come and wait for us at the zipline center!”
After a second or two.
Lu Cheng’an: “No way! You guys took the mountain road for real! It’s been more than an hour, can Zhou Zhou still keep it up?”
Ling Che was walking in front of him at first but halted his footsteps after hearing this remark and looked back at him, before making an unprecedented move and took out his phone: “He’s still doing okay.”
Xu Tangzhou knew it was probably the nosebleed he had when he was in pseudo-heat that day that made Ling Che perceive him as vulnerable.
But in fact, his physique was still passable.
Lu Cheng’an said: “Now this is where you’re wrong, God-Che. Zhou Zhou is an Omega with slim arms and limbs, how about you go and ask which Omega will spend an hour hiking up the mountain on an empty stomach in order to save money?”
Xia Yue said: “Zhou Zhou, if you really can’t take an extra step anymore, let God-Che carry you.”
Mi Fei: “Agreed.”
It was no big deal for them to be the onlookers.
They had already arrived at the zipline center. Ling Che went to buy drinking water, and inquired about precautionary measures for the ziplines along the way.
The people in the groupchat were still talking endlessly, listing examples of Omega’s vulnerabilities, but Xu Tangzhou didn’t want them to hold such an opinion towards all Omegas.
He pressed down on the audio button and left a vulgar remark without putting in much thought: “ Don’t look at how weak Gege is, my abs can open the bottle caps.”
Everyone knew about this slang, and the following sentence was supposed to be “Don't look down on Gege’s short stature, I give it all I’ve got during intercourse.”
The group chat was silent for a decent amount of time.
Lu Cheng’an: ???
Mi Fei: ???
Xia Yue: ???
Xia Xing: ???
Xu Tangzhou then realized that he seemed to have exposed something out of carelessness, and couldn’t help but blush as his cold outer persona collapsed.
This was not his personal live stream, nor was it a groupchat consisting of those loser buddies of his.
He immediately recalled the voice message, hoping that Ling Che was at least preoccupied with buying drinking water and did not get the chance to hear it.
Ling Che came back.
It was unknown why, but Xu Tangzhou felt a chilling sensation from the back of his gland.
The Alpha narrowed his eyes slightly, and there happened to be a bottle of water in his hand: “Little brother, lend me a hand, and open the cap with your abs.”
The blush on Xu Tangzhou’s face became a shade redder all of the sudden.
“No no, nevermind.”
Edited by: Amanagawa & Huixuan
Translator’s Note:
Didn’t realized that I actually scheduled this chap to release on New Years as well as our ill mannered sweetheart Zai-zai’s Birthday at that…. Anyways, wishing a Happy New Years to all my readers and a happy birthday to Zai-zai too—— 祝我的读者们新年快乐，并且顺便向崽崽说声生日快乐 🥳🎂
Why not open it with your mmmmhm…. Cake?
Thanks for the chapter!!
And happy new year~
Lmaooo happy new year everyone ☺️😂
Happy New Year for everyone!
Thank you so much for your translation 💙🤍🤍💙 Stay healthy!!!!
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(> ਊ <)♡ And Happy New Year!